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GENERAL EIAtTION. To 11624.11115, C 4 ,4=17711, Com - Trim, and Er.xcrons.—Beir.g. anxious to give the fullest and most correct 'account of the Elections throughoUt the Kingdom, the shall be very thankful to any Gentle mars immediately interested, tofisvo . ur us by post or otherwise, with the state of the Polling,., and other matters connected with the Election, in his Town or County. BEIW0111:ISHIRE ELECTION'. FINAL CLOSE or TILE rota, yEsTratoAY. 111argurfn - - - - 1606 Tavistock - - - -125 A Pym - 30';°2' - - _ - .. Pym 'having resigned, the two flat Were returned.—At five (Mock Mr. 'Macqueen WitS ehaire+ l .-4.ord Tavistock will be chaired to-day. SOMERSE S ;SHIRE---Itenesrett, Jess: 26. This day the polling: commenced briskly on the part of Mr. Dickinson an ‘ ) - Sir Thomas Lethbridge; as if they were determined to shone *.ie other candidate that the influence of their characters over `,, l ne.eounty was not so limited as report has been making it ever'sinee their claims have been examined. Mr. Hunt's friends came in small numbers, but the enthusiasm they manifested was as great as it was possible to conceive. It was evident, kern the movements about the eoart4iou'ac dining the greater part of the day,'• amongst the two coalescing candidates, that something was about to be proposed with a view. of putting a period to the Con test, Mr. Dickinson awl Sir Thomas Lethbridge were to be seen at one time examining records, at another consulting with their solicitor, with Mr. Banning (who, for the that time during the polling,' made his appearance!), and With Mr. Messiter and the - High-Sheriff. • It was, indeed, expected that befo're the polling would close fair the day, the attention of the (f,ourt would he directed to the subject of the inequality of the eouthatants. The curiosity of the respectable persons of the neighbourhood was more strongly excited than upon any former day. A number OT ladies and gentlemen were mixed amongst the coarse awl i►rawny voters, and their curiosity was certainly in the very highest de gree gratified before they quitted the building. • It would he in justice not to state, that the tone of animosity which manifested itself in the conduct of the friends of the two old members is no longer heard ; awl it would be injustice to Mr; Ihint.not to de clare, that this change is to be ascribed, not to the defeat, which he is likelYln sustain, but to the manly, spirited, and temperate addresi'with which he has conducted himself. None but the lawyers were' disappointed ; and many even of that multitude, which has;'like a' shoal of locusts, infested the county and Court during the election; fora moment dropped the thought of gain, in admiration of the man whom they had united to watch and to execrate. • This observation doe* not apply to the agents of the candidates, or to the assessors, whose advice it would have been well if their clients had taken. Mr. HUNT entered the.. Court before, four o'clock, and upon seeing Sir, Thomas Lethbridge move towards the door, addressed the High Sheriff---" I wish, Sir," said he, "to mention, as 1 see the worthy Baroneleaving the Court, that. I have something to commuiliwte which may be of importance. to him and Air.' Dickinson, after, the polling for the day has closed. ',would not now address you, but that I sea you are not now occupied." Mr, VINCENT STUCKEY (in a..10W tone)..—" I would not I Wag Teo, Sir Thomas." SirTttomas turned into .the dock in which the voters:bad been taking the oath against bribery, and spoke a few words to his agent. He lingered about the docks for two or three minutes, mid then retired without saying an audible word, and joined Mr. Dickinson, who . was walking outside. Neither of the candidates returned. At five o'clock the Under, Sheriff declared the state of the poll to be as follows The day's Poll. Aggregate Poll. Mr. niekinson 228 1704 , Sir Thomas Lethbridge - f 267 • 1591 Mr. Hunt - 18 276 The Iltoef Suratry, addressing himself to Mr. Ifruit, said he had %location to put to that geotleman.. It winw thir,—wlic tiler, from all that bad Ira:tried, be ,threught he had any , :bani! , of success? iirdi he put it to hint aM a fOtthollit`li , avid u gentiouvni, whether, if ha thought he bad on Otarree, hinuirlf justified ; in putting the county to any'ffirther froolth , anti t , i,pmn'e? —(lfear.)----Of Ins own trouble he thought notli;og. It w not on that amount he Spoke, but for the sake of tl or freeholders of this extensive county. Mr. outer.--Mr. High Sheriff, Ladier aml .Gentletnen, an Gentlath of the Law of whomperhaps ace great number, it would become me to say, that I have no .right to answer that question. I eetieitily have no right to answer for the freeholders of the county. I cannot take upon me to trifle with their rights by, closing the poll. If, Sir you think that the, majority of the freeholders have polled, and there is , no use keeping the poll ,open any longer, it is at your option to put an end to.. the election; hut it meat &Tend entirely upon 'Our inspection, VVlottever he your decision, I assure you thikt I shall btrw-to it. Von have acted throughout in the most gentlemanly'and impartial , manner, and there is nothing that I can do witk propriety that I wilt not do to prove my sense of such - treatment.—(Cheers.)—But I have no right to step for ward and say that 1 have no chance of success. I know that .a Urge hotly of the freeholders are yet unpolled, and that I have the . hearty wishes of multitudes ; but if 'you think proper, you may conclude the business at once, I see a tardiness, cer tainly; in all the freeholders. This may arise in a great measure from my situation on the poll ; but I ant sure you • would think worse of me than you do, if I were , to say I resign the contest. I mean at the same time to declare, that I shall not take advan tage of any step which! you may - think pi open to take._(Loud chsets4...Perhaps, if you find that my friends do not. come up, you may' eitereim the right of closing at once, but. I shall stay here as long as they come up, and 'do my duty to them.--(Cries. of !'.Bravo!" and shouts of applause. )-1• dirt hope (addres sing himself to the Court),. for I had beard something of this, that the (taw candidate would have waited to hear what I hive to say. lam delighted to find that you are dis posed to hear me, and I sin particularly delighted - to ate that the gehtleitien of the law, who do roe the honour of attending hi such •midtitudie—(a laugh)—are reconciled to the task, listening to'What lam about to aay. I have been attacked, most greedy attacked, by the other candidates, and by certain individuals; who, when I stood on the first day in thin. Court, drowned my words in clamour, and vented against me the meet couteuiptnotie and menacing language. You mutt all be aware that much took place on that day that might have been spared; and you must also admit that I 'did not cast the first atime. I have said nothing of either of the gentlemen , who are the candidates with me that I have reason to regret, except that allusion to Mr. Dickinson, for which I have already apologised ; and how have I beer, treated by them ? Have I not been insulted by them in the perverts of my freeholders, whom they stigmatized as dishonest man 'because they vote& fear me? Have they not diehonnined their characters as legislators and magiatretee, by eocouraging the violation of the laws which they have made, end are bound to administer with justice cheers.) — What could they say to a titan who should be brought before them at. Quarto Sections for a breech of the pact, and declare, in his defence, that he had witnessed the provo&tion which his two judges had given to•an unoffending individual in the mine place— (clicers)—to break the lawn which they were about to set upon? I 'spoke of Mr. Dickinson's conduct In Parliament. I retract not one word of that. lie says that I was mistaken in what I mentioned about Mr. Denison'' motion, as to his vote ; but he flays that , h e w ould heve opposed that motion if he had been pre.. stmt.' The press, then, was incorrect, anti not I; and he sane tieried the error by not correcting it when he had the opportunity. 1 have not, you see, been,guilty of bringing against that gentlemar a grossly false eharge.--(Cries of " No.")—Aa to Sir T.: Leth s bridge r lOwed him with a dereliction of his publie.duty in re.. Intuit) no personal allusi ons t o Corr% to. 'Hip port your petitions. him unt il he attacked m e, by saying, that no honest man would vote for me; atui there are some insults which . * is not in the tore of man to hear without retaliating. I retaliated.....-{ch t ,„.o e-;-He said he knew me whin I wail an honest man ;, he eoco n l ,a ed Me when I wore a simiek-frock.--4A ret .olleet the eir. e amstanee to which he refers, Ile was on a Ynot in a family w ith vvhich 1. was acquainted, when we were both very young me n . We were alma the same age—eighteen, I remember that I saw him riding one day. I hail a smock-frock on, Illd i straddled _en! , of the horsei belonging to my father, who ,tented b ented etwl'Oot and . NOM a-year at that time• l had not reaist saddle ; ailsa- w ax I could no the impulse, turned mit • off Sir Thome ran. hut away i went too. We bad a 1 ti mike' chase, and I came time enough to lave the stag, which would have otherwise been pulled - to pieces, for Sir Thomas was not there to help (Loud laughter and cheers.) ---The wood( -frock, my frienda, is no disgrace. It is neither a test of dishonesty nor of its opposite. I only. state tide to show you that 1 wan able even at that early period of our lives to give Sir Thomas Lethbridge the go-hy."(—Clieers.)He has spoken of the qualifications for a county member, and amongst them he has men tioned that of high blood. Now, suppose I asked who his Sadt not graftM d. er Was, a was asked in answer w-et_er I h eard of a foundling who had been found in a ditch, wrapped up in a pair 'of leather-breeches, which gave him a name that was after wards curtailed and improved, and adopted by his successors.— (Lmid laughter And cheering.)—But what, after all, are the quail tic.itions a the Hoar Baronet? You bad hint in ihl'ee mot*, and what has he doge? [Here Mr. i4unt adverted to the uniform support which Sir Thbines Lethbridge had given to the system of taxation, 0311 Was interrupted by a drunken blockhead, who cried out, " Sir Thomas and Mr. Dickinson is the gentleman as is fit tr, represent the county." The High-Sheriff silenced him without much ceremony, and Mr. Hunt told him he should kdgd have an opportunity of defending' his friends.l Mr. Howe (in contintiatfon. great variety of opinions, I admit, exist 016 iorn-bill. There arc many farmers who think lAA VA. Thomas hail been in the right in the course he has aipted, but many also think that he has been actuated more by, private than by public motives.---(A laugh.)---The fact is, that he declared himself to be, when the corn was it a ItAf'price, a com plete radical ; but when it rose tO r.ss. or'9l. heinddeilly became k church-and-king matt.:--(Langliter.).:;-But did-he ever lower his rents to meet the price?-;-(('rifts Of "Never," tend cheetitig.): 4 Was he ever known ni do so?—(No,.no, no, state now what I have said to his face ; he, cfth Come here and contradict me if he pleases. Rut I 'don't think he will again say, " Yon lie; it is si d--(1 lit," as he has before said to Me. Nod' I differ from malty nn the - subject of this bill. Lord King gate it the Mime of the landlord's tax, and a better, I think, it could cot have; ter 1 , am sure it `sea* Oever intended to do the farmer any good. --.(ChterFO—l may be wrong in most of my opinions, but I speak from my heart, and I never go behind bucks to state my sentiments. I wish to have good laws well admiuisteitd. I Wish to see the indliatriotio classes of the community ill comfort. Ido not mean tie profligate gang who infest alebonaes, but the hard working man, who toils frOm sun-rise till sun-set, and often later, for the morsel he eats. Thie is " the head and front of rhy offending." I never said the people ought to have motsi.than they Work for. As for Sir T. Lethbridge, he has not, if he had the inclination or the power to' serve is ba—if he were repentant of his past conduct and anxibtislO'idedent his character with you, he has not the talent to snake restitution.—(Laughter and cries of titie.")—With respect to Mr. Dickinson, I have done all I etnild to draw froM him the substance of his threat to me, but in vain. I shall say nothing of what. I have heard of his private history, although I have it upon other than newspaper report. lie did not treat me with similar delicacy in my absence. In the I louse of Commons he reviled and abused me while I was in tlutt gaol (pointing to the prison). lie and his colleague denied the truth of every thing I complained of. They abused and vilified me when I had not the' power of answering them, having the double check upon me of confinement as to my own person, . and parlia mentary privilege as to his.—(Cheers.) —My crime, I declare be fore the God who looks down upon us, was no gfeater than that which lam now committing. It was for making just such a speech as you have now heard. My brother candidates cannot expect to he forgotten. Can I thrget this treatment? No. I might forget it, if it merely regarded myself: but my family— (Here the firmness of Mr . Hunt's voice for a moment was broken,' and many in court were affected.).-They played with me as a cat would with a mouse. They put me to my family and pulled me back, and put me again to them and pulled me back. Three times did they torture me and them. If ever I forget it, may I forget my self. If my poor boys eve , forget it, may they forget their father, (Cheering, a great many in court were in great agitation.) I have the clothes on which I v►ore in my prison ; I wore them on the day of nomination, end.). shall wear them on all occasions that remind me of my degradation and sufferings.—(Loud and continued cheering:)-;--If x fail now, I shall see you again at the next elec tion. I shall go home and look after my hlacking—cheeray— and prepare to meet my antagonists again. As long as that gaol stands there, shall I visit this town, and renew in the breasts of illy oppressors the recollection of the scenes that passed there.— (tound and long-continued cheering.)—Mr. Hunt concluded hy again expressing his acknowledgments to the High Sheriff. The SHY turv, addressing Mr. Hunt with the greatest respect— tleeling in which every person in court (even the lawyers) par ticipated—said that the poll should , open , the next day, at the usual hour. ' PRESTON, Morms.v, Trier V O'CLOCK. This obstinately contested election has just terminated, the poll. ing having been kept in activity until the last moment that the law permitted it to *kept open., The state of the port at its final 0,3.4 \Nita as tiro +i'.` Stanley - • " *944 wood Barrie - • , Cobbett - - - 995 mosnent the clock struck three, there was a tremendous shout of triumph, and the announcement of the state of. the poll . Was received with hats off, and amidst Ow loudest:aeclamations, ; The MA yort...„-rfow, Gentlemen, the, ,is over, thank God; and we return the Hon. E. G. S. Stanley and John Wood, Esq. as the Memhers to serve in • the ensuing Parliament for Prestou • ' • The Members, &swell as Captain,Barrie, addreeeed, tbe electors., But Mr. Col - theft did not appear ,on the bustingti at all, but luta .announced his intention of speaking at eight o'cloCk. The Military r a fi still in 'town; The town" le all gaiety. • It was curious 'to observe the emulation' of the electors to conic up to the poll. One man presented himself at t he hustings at ten o'clock, who appeared on examination to have been qualified at the moment just for one hotiy. He came to reside in Preston on the Rtith - of December, at nine o'clock in the morning, and he now Wished to vote on the 26th June, at ten o'clock in the morning,' being, being exactly six months and one hour a resident. A question arose as to whether the day of election was not in law to he taken ar the first day, in which case the man would have been disqualified. But, on consideration, the Mayor ruled that. he was qualified, and •his vote was received. ' The high word* and animosity of the contending parties here had nearly led to the mostierions - consequences. In a speech on Thursday evening, Captain Colquitt alluded to something that had been said • of Captain4larrie by Mr. Wood, and pledged his word, if it turned out true, that he call him to a strict account. The following is an extract of the offensive words, from Mr. Wood's speech :—" Let him (Captain B.) hear them (the national flags) against the foe if he will, but if he were here I would tell him this—that the national flag never was more disgraced than it is by being borne in a procession of men, who are brought up to vote against their. Conscience by the price of hribery.'!: Captain Colquitt having ascertained that words to a similar effect heal been 'made use of by• Mr. Wood, wrote to him on Sa turday, requesting an explanation, and at the same time iutimeting that if • the explinuttiortwas not satisfactory, other measures would be resorted to. On Saturday about midnight, Dr. Crompton went to the Mayor and stated what had taken place, and craved his interference in order to prevent bloodshed. Two or three police. officers were immediately sent for, and recsived instructions to go to Captain Colquitt and Mr. Wood, and pledge them on their honour not to break the peace. The _Mayor at the same time issued warrants against them. Mr. Wood next day appeared before the Mayor, and was bound ever, himself in 2,0001. and two securities in 1,0001. each. The Mayor Bent for Captain Colquitt, but his presence was not nee/m -eaty as matter had been arranged. No further steps were taken till this morning, when Captain Barrie had the Preston Chronicle put into his hand, anti after reading it, stood up and said to Mr. Wood, " That expression is too Wong. is it true?" Mr. Woon. —No, it is nut. Captain Banum.—l must have that in:writing. . Mr. Wool) immediately left his box, and went out to the at the hack of the hustings, accompanied by Mr. Peter Ilorroulm, where they remained in eager conversation for about ten minutes. Mr. Wood then wrote out an explanation as to the extract com plained of, which he delivered to Mr. P. Horrocks. They both returned to the hustings. Mr. Horrocks, - after some conversa tion with Capt. Barrie and Mr. Hall, again went out to the 114 anti sent Ihr Mr. Wood. As we understood, the explana tion which he had given was not satisfactory, and consequently he was'requesteolto state his meaning in more explicit terms.... The parties remained in the Hall about three quarters of an hour, When, after repeated alterations and amendMents, Mr. Wood de. livered to Mr. HOrrocks the following " I aM not accountable for newspaper, reports ; but I have no hesitatitmin 'laying that theseuort of my speech is inaccurate in many important points, and that -I !did not utter the words as quoted from the Chronicle. And I have further no hesitation in staying, that I never said or meant to imply that Captain Barrie Mad in any way whatever disgraced the National Flag, or that he (Captain Barrie) had brought up his men to vote against their i " ltikitl une 21). ite% by the price ofhtibery. J" " JOHN WOOD." This explanation Mr. P. Horrocks immediately carr ied. to Captain Barrie, w h et tW p reue d ' himself fully satisfied. The Doke of Mirntehalln with two French Gentlemeus were on the lowing,/ th e greater hart of day. the seDuke Finglish very wall. TI treats The famous Mr. Wwnertwx' s the timber-merchant, w ho mane such determined opposition tit the introduction of the military on' Friday, voted this day. As sootras he got outside the Exchange, freemen of Preston, he ar me f ar a m oments They Ire hurries ) to a warehouse opposite, and h arangue d the mole ' wis ‘ ti G to en k ti ee ei r:s ' down by their threats and violent measures. I make coodji/s (bludgeons); I'll tell you who laid I made coodjils. I would have addressed them on the hustings this day, but they would not hear. Well, I'll tell von ivlio said I made 17oeffils.--:- Ife was P. Hopkins , (` Aye,' - from a woman in the crowd, he wars two -oairs of breeches, and One of them is stolen M'-»Gceut laughter.)--4 3 nt let 64 not he cdodjUled down ; for from the beginning, though I am a timber-mer chant, I have not made one coodjii, nor given out one, nor had any thing to do with one, D'ye hear that?—(Bravo.)--Let us not he coodjilled down by them ; let Its rally round Wood, and bring him in triumphantly.—(‘ Get him ag oo d hors e my boy.') —Let its all standup fa4iciAl refoii-t-yes, i•adical reforM, ' say tam id) ie'veiltir; - butt t ant writ - tiled tethrmer, slut could not do better thin die in such a &admit; cause.._(Bravo, Woodcock, good lad)—This.day.let.iin Wood.-this.day.--~what day. in this ?--(The.26th June, from one in the crowd).—Aye, the 26th June. lam a little jlooth el, a little moodieri, but my con science and my spirit is right, _and I say, let us return Wood, and make the—the 26th of June immortal."—(Great applause), though no military are placed at the doors to-day, all is quite quiet. N 081 I I The following is the only part of the proceedings on the hust ings at Alriwick, on the 24th of June, 1826, which has any interest Mr. BraustONT.—Gentlemen, in the name of tilt White In dependent, I beg to address a few observations to you. I stand toiday in a novel situation, and I taidess, whether from its no velty or the renewed ebrifidem : e it gives me, I feel my situation pas tictilarly' agreeable. It is one of those *eying* recorded by the wisdom of 'agei, as confirmed by experience,. and thetelote it rtittst be true, that it is the first step, that coats all the pains.-4Chetrit and .laughter.)'--NoW I hare gained one step._( Applause).—All of you recollect that Mr. Liddell said he was very proud of one coalition, that of honest tnen and bonny lasses (applause and laughter)—Which, by the Ile, in , its way, is no bad ccielifirm either.—(Loud laughter and applause).—But a coalition, Gentle m4n, formed by the periple themselves--aet In Motion by their af- Actions, and having for itlest a coalition, jectto meti ar w i lt i o lg m f i r h o ey m t h h a r te pe n cir t i t: like—(great applause)—such themselves, where freeholders will tray.... , " I will do so and 'so, and I will do so and so,"—is most honourable. There cannot t be any herrn ill a thalition like this. But as for a coalition arising front myself, that is quite another thing.—l disclaim it.—(Great applause).—l have no doubt them words will be turned and twisted, transmogrified and metamorphosed a thousand different whys; but I don't care about that.--(Appla uie). —My situation afford* me just grounds to believe that I shall ultimately succeed. When I am:successful It than& look back to the past--I shall shall not say any thing about why I was not sooner at the head of the poll. I shall not say any thing of professional gentlemen who have thrown some hindrance in the way. -It is the nature of law yens so to do. if 1 were to be asked what is a lawyer ? I would say he is a person who throws impediments in every body's way but bis own, and who asks a thousand questions about nothing. Air. Linntl.l., in the course of his speech, said, that his Noble Friend on his left had been pleased to insinuate in his speech of yesterday, in rather a querulous tone, and had repeated the oft-re: plated story of a coalition against hint (Lord Howick.) Lord Howtce then came forward, and addressed the assemblage to : the following effect :—Gentlemen, Mr. Liddell has told you that I,yesterday insinuated a charge against him. It is true that I did not then make the charge directly, and I will tell you the reasonit was because I believed it impossible that a gentle man, who owed his sole chance of success to the public sym, Why excited in his favour by supposed ill-usage, could form so monstrous. a coalition, for the purpose of defeating another candidate. But my incredulity is removed, and I will now directly prefer this charge againet Mi. Liddell. (Mr. Liddell and his friends here exclaimed, "No, no.")—But it is not only from Mr. ',Well's own .mouth..—it is not merely from his own language that I am convinced of this coalition—such agreements as Mr. Beaumont has described to you may have taken place between in dividuals, without any impropriety : some of my own supporters, I believe, have split in this manner with the friends of all the other candidates. But when you see these bargains made universally ore way, it is evident the direction must proceed from head quarters.—(Cheers, and cries of " No, no," from Mr. Liddell and his friends.)---This being the case, I sin ready to let any one compare the poll-book with the canvass-books, and let Mr. Liddell produce his also if he please«, and it will appear that no less then Q.gsutismen from the town .of Shields , Owl. ,wi1t,0144 promiv. , l pluityptut 5. Mr, Jiidllol, , inkt,r ut, i. 04 ,! feet Itreeeseaq a t an, thry Weinltl split on me, have,ectooty ,aplit in favour 01, Mr. Beaumont, Mr. Linnret. again stepped forward :—The Noble Lord has no li v as tnac a l n c d a t r u b o r i e lle) c i tattack upon me t and that I as directly deny._ (lea I.IOI)EL.r. was on the point of going away, *hen Lord H. said "I hope Mr. Liddell will wait one moment.—(Cheere.)— Mr. Liddell has told ye' that a combination he believed to exist between me and Mr. Bell. As lie ha; now said so, I presttme times reports proceeded from his friends . , and if he believed them, it would have been more manly to have charged me directly with acoalition. The , moment I suspected him of having formed a 'cOstiton, I charged him with it. —(l:bud cheering.) A Gentleman of the name of TINLEY (brother of Mr. Tinley, the •attorney, at Shields) here addressed Lord Howick from a place set apart for the reporters, as folleria On behalf of the free holders of North Shields, I beg leave to state that I was inform ed, that in mil instances' 'Lord Howiek took a how for a pro- Lord Howtoc---" That gentleman saysl took a how for a pro mise; I have only to say that, am ready to publish a list of the names of persons, with their permission, who, in the pre sence of a dozen gentlemen, gave me their, promises, who have since voted for Mr. Liddell and•Atr. Beaiimont." Mr. GRIT*" That will bow the question out 1 think." Lord flowtex, addressing Mr. Liddell—" Have you any thing farther to say to me ?ft Mr. Linozr.L.—" I have nothing further to say." Lord Ilowtoc—" Then neither have 1." ALNWICK, MONDA Y. (FROM A CORILAIWOMMNT.) Howick is completely beaten. His few remaining voters either cannot be found, or cannot be brought up. 'they expect him to withdraw, and in that case they would immediately voteTer Beau mont, who i s now &Madly 'the popularcandidate. We shall, no doubt, this evening have a great deal of most violent speechi fying on the hustings. Liddell and Beaumont will be ac cused of a coalition—ton accusation which conies with an admirable grace from their opponents, who have thrown their interests together hurl the first. I should tell, you, for the information of your readers, that Liddell is liberal Tory, Bell, an ultra-tory, Beaumont, an independent, Howick, a Whig. The monstrous coalition between. the Whig and ultra tory party, roused the indignation of the people to a pitch which nothing could withstand. " Beaumont and Liddell," or " Lid dell and Beaumont for ever, became the rallying cry in all parts of the county, but particularly in Shields and Newcastle, where full scope is given to • the expression, of public opinion ; and the friends olthe two candidates, as a natural consequence, were thus driven to unite. The coalition between Liddell and Beaumont, if coalition it may be called, did not originate with themselves, nor With their agents, but wee forced upon them by their friends.— Bell is still very strong, but Howick's phimpers being exhausted, he must infallibly lose his election.. Beaumont, by his manly and straigWotward conduct has • done himself infinite honour. He bas shown too, both temper and tart. After to-day, not more than 500 or 600 votes can remain to be polled. It is probable, therefore, that the election will be over by Thursday or Friday. . We have seen a private letter from Alexandria, dated the 12th of May, Which states that Sir Hudson Lowe had arrived in that city on board a frigate from Smyrna, passed on t o Cairo, and departed from thence, after a short stay, for India. Op the sth of May, the French ship LeaOng Freres, C a pt a i n Ytier, arrived at Alexandria from Marseilles , bringing pas h en gere five French field-officers, and Several others of inferior rank, all destined for the artillery and engineer departments of. the Pasha's army ; and thirty Frenchmen besides, who are; to form part of a military band attached to the head-quarters of General Boyer.— The Arab troops - eficaniped near Cairo are at present 20;000 in number, and 4000 are training for the artillery'exercise under French officers. Every account from theie iegione tends More " h o and more to confine our belief that great events are about to take place there. The T ur k s arid Greeks , while left to theniselvei, produced on!) , a. es fcrent things a r t t o b e expe ht e d *hen the belligerents bring'. into is tee and crnWs';" but very chi play, on the one side, so lim a, of the 'military science of France, find, on the other, the consummate naval skill and genii's of' a. Cochrane. We understand, by * the way, that his Lordship has not embarked in his expedition Without having very law fund. ' placed at his own entire awl unfettered disposal ; and that no doubt is. entertained as to his ca p a city of maintaining the struggle, for at least two seasons, without firither supplies than what he may fairly be supposed to count upon, from levying occasional con tributions on the coasts of the',Turkish provinces. We dare say he will make an early: attempt to lay hands, o n s o m e of else Egyptian Pasha's enormous hoards.of corn, cotton, and tobacco.-- Representative. THE POLITICAL PRIMER. This is a book of very considerable talent, and well worth the attention of readers, both for the information which it contains, and style in which it is ivtitten. The title=—'he Political Printer-- , sufficiently explains the-object of the work; it consists of wseries of direc tions, sometimes grave and sometimes gay, by which, men with estates of ten thousand a-year (and espe cially trien born to such incumbrances) may become valuable members of the state : r and, with some inch , nation perhapS to bitterness, inked up with his wit, in those parts of the book which touch upon the vices and follies of mankind, -in its more serious pages the author puts forth a sufficient array of bold and vigorous sentitrients, with practical instructions forcibly exem plified arid pleasantly conveyed. . The first portion of the work, and that which is the Most-lively, treats of the manner in which a gentle man should proceed to get into Parliament. And here, both the variOus talents and mancetivres neces sary to ensure success in stioh an object, and the nu merous- petty frauds and meannesses to which a eau didate (accordivig to the view of the " Primer")• must stoop in order id secure it, are worked an wit such very vivid colours, that" the' artist seems to be a little afraid of his own picture after he has completed it. Accdidingly, the course of electioneering policy prescribed, is guarded by a careful declaration that the writer only paints the thing as it iss , -not describes that Which he could wish it to be. And the old excuse (by Way of collateral justification) is repeated ahont Machiavel—that in fact the system of Italian fraud which he analyze& had existed long before it was laid down by him ; and that he did no more than exhibit the tools by ,which the most successful machinists of the day performed their work. The most receivable justification, however—and that which the author : also , mainly .relies ois—seerns to be this, that as society exists, honourable men who should refuse to descend to election-tricks would probably be beaten by dis honest men who would,have no such scruple. No set of men, as a body (says the writer), are to be dealt with, for the purposes of an election, without manage- InenL "The city of Westminster is completely open--as much so as could he desired by any reasonable advocate of Parliamentary re form. In the year 1819, a gallant officer, of very high preten sions to the ' support of independent men, appeared upon the }Muting's. He had evinced a character capable of meeting dangers and difficultlei in their worst form ; and had claims to popularity possessed, by very few even of his own admired 'profession; yet this gallant Gentleman was spitten upon, and fina ll y driven from the hustings, like one of the basest of mankind. ." Another candidate, of very different pretensions, also appear ed at this election,—it is only necessary to name Mr. Hunt. But Mr. Hunt was insulted, arid nearly killed, by that very mob, to whom he had devoted every faculty he possesses during a series of years, and for Whorri he has forfeited his estimation in society, and hie personal respectability." The combatant who' persists only to employ, the small sword against the tomahawk, will be admired, and destroyed. His adversary dances a hornpipe upon the ground from which ho has been defeated. Fame blows her trumpet over his grave, but it is too late fora, him to hear the blast. The o'peiting chapter of the Political Primer, dis cussing the business of elections, begins with the draw ing up . of the advertisement, which is phi right; be 7 cause, in all matters of importance, there is. nothing litcci lisseuviipg at. Ova ilO'krintitngi. for. which zenaoli the elitiseof-shi, last s;reat French'Biographical .D ictionary has commenced his Work by an account, five pars long, of the domestic arrangements of Adam. Ihe qualities desirable in an 'advertisement aresummed 'up pretty nearly thus :—it. should be as short as possible, as general as possible, and be written, as nearly as ppssible, in good English. We then come to the affair' of the canvass ; for the ":perfect management" of which, it is at once declared, that " more faculties are wanting than any single indi vidual has ever been known to possess." Perhaps the same assertion might be made with equal justice, as to the ‘! perfect" performance of a great many other sub lunary duties. Lord Bolingbroke, however, is, pro nounced to have approached - more nearly to a perfect canvasser than any artist upon record : and—by atten tion to the rules that follow—it seems that, generally speaking, a man-who is always ready to commit the seven sins for five farthings may hope to do sorriething. " The art of canvassing is to be divided into two branches; — canvassing for one's self, and canvassing for a friend :—the means of success are esentially different. 0 • • " A candidate is expected to wait upon each of his expected constituents, and to solicit their votes in person. for althoug:tiiti rmareayhrlthaenldn'niat He should pay his visit precisely at the time when his friends wish it to be paid, and on this point he must acquire information from his agent.— It will never do to knock at the door when tradesmen are at work . in the hall; .or when the carpet has been unnailed, or the lady looks poorly after a few days' illness. Families do not like to be seen by their best company, except in the beet trim ; and all the affibility in the world will not profit the visitor, if he excite feelings of vexation or disappointment," . In converSation, particular 'attention is to be paid to the ladies ; but this is a business altogether in which 'the canvasser marches upon eggs ; and can only hope to succeed through the medium of his spies, who are to give him previous information. " Let him beware of talking to a talker, or forcing one to talk who dislikes to lead the conversation. A few short sentences, suggesting subjects, may be aptly inserted in the interstices of the one's volubilityy . and the other. permitted to remain silent, by a conversation which only requires to'be assented to. ,c i t i s impossible to be successful in a canvas% :without a close attention to the circumstances of the individual case, and much previous information. In one family you may give offence, by paying attention to a daughter just returned from au elopement; in another you may make an enemy of smile silent but influential person, who might appear a cipher, though she 'really commanded the house. A member of long experience lost the friendship of one of his old supporters, by unluckily praising the child of a who happened to be very ' to the children of half-brother, superior the house." 4t ' ' Indiscrunate acquiescence" is stated to be danger ous, and it has its perils ; but, nevertheless, it is a glorious weapon, even when not very dexterously em ployed. The suggestion on the contrary, for manage ment in married families, should be received (we think) If the hus band caution : it is ill, as Faistrif says, under anycir cumstances, ". to wake a wolf." , "In most families there is a secret contention' between husband and wife, with respect to all Objects of taste ; and it delights each to have the other's fancies opposed by a stranger of consideration. ' Now, Mr.. A., say candidly, what do you think of our new gate_ a man may be safely laughed at to gain a point with his ydopgroou4dena:ttifarridasictuhlee h t uh he b l a a n d d yi s h v o o w te ev " er it - ma . bawanyd?isisioit the e t j h us ab t i l t ik o e f y th ic e ld e i n og tr i s t r i ice the to a a o n tool hospital cootes ?' t, every lively sally at his expense will strengthen the . candidate's interest in that family ; hut if the lady yields, it is dangerous to reverie the practice • acting unseen in a thousand direcgtioritt;iethree area thousand indirect ways in which it rosy not sense d o i n j ury. As a w g pgr e ileraie n tifac e vase r ;in al tlyobr r o;u u rgt l ir r :i i steciwfren4.lle.. e i ty , direction are known to every body" The ladies' influence is like I h u ,b an irs is as uniform, pereeptible, and downright, as common girls is recommended, provided to suspect your object. you see Dancingthat oath they ' ugly girls (or Malice) enough And a notice of the degree in Which tradesmen may b e influenced, by fine lady wives and daughters, who rob their tills instead of mending their shirts, and then go off to the theatre to show the fineri/' ; leads to theintrodliction of a little adventure, visite ed to be " lit era ll y tine." - " I was sitting on ope of the benches, on the terrace of the College at 6reenwich, observing different gay parties parading Ns did down ; amongst the rest I remarked an old and young lady very gaily dressed, and laughing, with the greatest apparent de light, at every thing said to them by a young military man of about 18 years old : the girl was prettyish, with the air of a half-fledged sparrow, looking about for twigs to hop upon : her mother was the personification of our idea of Mrs. Primrose, when setting off her deughter before the squire. After some turns, the three came and sat down on the end of the same bench with me : all the rest were full. Here they stayed rattle silent for two or three minutes, and a quizzical little old rusty-strafed pig-tailed person, who migh t pass for a retired clothesman , pawnbroker, or shaved Jew-pedler, approached the bench before the ladies perceived him in the crowd. My God, Mamma!' said the girl, in an under-tone, here is Mr. Bone!' and before a reply, he came up, and spoke familiarly to the two ladies. ' How do; Martha?' Well, Misses! (Mis tress) you've slipped off! How is Bob? very poorly, eh ? Ali, the poor fellow won't do, won't do, indeed, 'tis gone too far with him.' He never stopped, though the ladies were in torture. Well, Martha, I have got a husband in my eye for yoti—a wise. sober, thriving young fellow; one that will rise in the world, an' make you rich, girl ; a wise steady young fellow, that every one respects ; and I mentioned you to him.' Here the girl began to simper, though evidently trembling at every word ; the young dainly listened with outstretched neck, and the mother seemed very like nit mouton qui rem Have; you, Sir?' said Miss. I have indeed, continued he, 'and I intend to speak to your father about it,' all in a m edia. dies! measured tone, as if he was noting down his cast clothes to to make an inventory. What is he ?' at last said the mothei, forgetting herself; what. is he, Sir ?' said the daughter. chtniney-rweeper and nighttnan, keeps ten hands, and has half the work of his parish." ' TO CORRESPONDENTS. We should have been happy to comply with the request of some Gentlemen of Nottingham, to insert in our columns a letter which appeared in The Globe, had a duplicate of that letter been sent to us; but the matter is now too old for insertion. PRICY., OF STOCKS Till, Bank Stock... 3 per Cent. Red. IR ',e d 3 per Cent. Cons. s ut 3 Cent ........ 41 . ) 4 per Cent. 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' CONSTANTINOPLE, MAT 25.—The accounta from Pre ae" that the Seraakier, after the fall of Illissolongbi, marched tow'i d Salona, and there is a report that that town, and even , e ` ot h er persons affirm, Athens, and all Livadea, had offered their subnoti: 'ion, but there is nothing to , warrant the truth of tiwe sta t e et meas. Ibrahim, however, still remains at Patio. ft . posed that he is Waiting for the return of the Capitan f _ is gone to the Dardanelles to meet the new division' of ten e war with which Ibrahim Bey is to join him. It was said that " intended to attack Hydra, but this is generally doirbted ; m e ths time all the letters state that thegreateet anarchy prevail' in islands.—Angsburglx Gazette. (From the Pilote,) • the P AR is,JuNe 24.--We learn by way of Marseille' that it humane intentions of M. Eynard are very successful. A . £ l : e 7' many slaves have been ranSomed, and among them it is said, son of Botzaris. During the'cou r a e o f the sermon= whit t l i o e f Abbe Guijou has just preached at Toulouse, a great quantity ; philosophical hooks, sev era l c o lle c ti ons o f t h e works of 'Volta and Rousseau, and other works o f th e 18th century, were 1)1'00 to him. 6n the-day' of 'the' departure of the I%lissionaries htim that city, all these works, to the n u mber of above five hun.„ . `",' hich th th a e t A th b e be ei G iq u u i i j r o y n b l e of f l o g re ed and consequently forming a large number of volumes, well g i ii; up to the flames in the pretence of a great many pereougi ' n ended nextmonth, and that the chamber will be then ithrnerhatelY convoked as a Court of Justice. house it thought is inw The King of Bavaria arrived at Munich on the IStb in th e evening, on his return from Italy. The whole population, Pri; ceded by the Royal family, went to meet his Majesty. 1 " ' e h .; evening there was a general illumination , and the nest daY "I --' Majesty laid the first stone a a new win g to the Royal Palace. the These Papers alSo contain an Address from 4 ts Executive Government of Greece, to the inhabitants of the Archipelago, respecting the acts of piracY- e°rn nutted in that sea. For the purpose' Of putting - en t ' he Court of Peers will he end to these piracies, a Commission of three Member s has been appointed to reside at Syra and Lind ell° the administration of the affairs of the Archipelar The Address is accompanied With a Decree consistinf of eighteen articles pointing out the measur es whie the Commission should adopt to put an end to piracYt, and which have been sanctioned, by the approvo. °I the National Assembly of Greece. However • we may • applaud the Government 4 of Greece, in making these attemp ts t° prevent the continuance of Oradeal practices, we ao not expect that it will be possible - to prevent them, until th e a ff a i r s of, that, country have ass r uttled a nioie settled aspect: The commanding genius of I,ord CociotkNE may, beiWever, on hii 'arrival in the seo which wash the shores of Greece;. meal the Vets ( " lß , who are now engaged in these intatnous proe.m4(44 to a sense of duty ; and these hardy seamen, and the